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curtis:
I LOVE MY JOB
> > Next time you have a bad day at work think of this
> guy. Rob is  a
> > commercial saturation diver for Global Divers in
> LOUISIANA. He performs
> > underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs.
> Below is an e-mail he sent
> > to his sister.  She then sent it to radio station
> 103.2 on your FM dial in
> > Ft. Wayne Indiana, who was sponsoring a worst job
> experience contest.
> > Needless to say she won.
> >
> > Hi Sue,
> >
> > Just another note from your bottom-dwelling
> brother...Last week I had a
> > bad day at the office. I know you've been feeling
> down lately at work, so
> > I thought I would share my dilemma with you to
> make you realize it's not
> > so bad after all. Before I can tell you what
> happened to me, I first must
> > bore you with a few technicalities of my job.
> >
> > As you know my office lies at the bottom of the
> sea. I wear a suit to the
> > office. It's a wetsuit. This time of the year the
> water is quite cool. So
> > what we do to keep warm is this: We have a diesel
> powered industrial water
> > heater. This $20,000 piece of equipment sucks the
> water out of the sea. It
> > heats it to a delightful temperature. It then
> pumps it down to the diver
> > through a garden hose, which is taped to the air
> hose. Now this sounds
> > like a darn good plan, and I've used it several
> times with no complaints.
> > What I do, when I get to the bottom and start
> working is take the hose,
> > and stuff it down the back of my wetsuit. This
> floods my whole suit with
> > warm water.  It's like working in a jacuzzi.
> >
> > Everything was going well until all of a sudden,
> my butt started to itch.
> > So of course I scratched it.  This only made
> things worse. Within a few
> > seconds my butt started to burn.  I pulled the
> hose out from my back, but
> > the damage was done. In agony I realized what had
> happened.  The hot water
> > machine had sucked up a jellyfish, and pumped it
> into my suit. Now since I
> > don't have any hair on my back, the jellyfish
> couldn't stick to it.
> > However the crack of my butt was not as fortunate.
>
> >
> > When I scratched what I thought was an itch. I was
> actually grinding the
> > jellyfish into the crack of my butt.  I informed
> the dive supervisor of my
> > dilemma over the communicator. His instructions
> were unclear due to the
> > fact that he, alone with 5 other divers were all
> laughing hysterically.
> > Needless to say I aborted the dive. I was
> instructed to make three
> > agonizing in-water decompressions stops totaling
> thirty-five minutes
> > before I could reach the surface to begin my
> chamber dry decompression.
> >
> > When I arrived at the surface I was wearing
> nothing, but my brass helmet.
> > As I climbed out of the water. The medic with
> tears of laughter running
> > down his face handed me a tube of cream, and told
> me to rub it on my butt
> > as soon as I got in the chamber. The cream put the
> fire out, but I
> > couldn't poop for two days because my butt was
> swollen shut.
> >
> > So next time you're having a bad day at work think
> about how worse it
> > would be if you had a jellyfish shoved up your
> butt.
> >
> > Now repeat to yourself, " I love my job, I love my
> job, I love my job..."
> >
> > I LOVE MY JOB !!!

Walt Harris:
Funny story..but just another urban legend.....water is always cold at depth....these commercial divers wear dry suits, not wet suits, to keep them warm!!

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